ARE YOU STRAIGHT AS A GUN BARREL BUT JUST AS EMPTY

 

View web version This email is sent on behalf of our sponsor   Handcuffed Emotions—Straight as a Gun Barrel but Just as Empty Sadly, many conservatives chastise things like emotional and extended worship, and avoid it like a plague. To them, lengthy worship is brainwashing, and weeping at the altar is too emotional. Is it wrong when prodigals come home and can’t contain their emotions? Should we be embarrassed when addicts are weeping because the Savior set them free at the altar? When was the last time you wept over the condition of our churches, families, and nation? If you never have, then you fill in the blank. Let me be brutally honest: many who show contempt for profoundly deep and moving experiences with God have never experienced them for themselves. If they avoid prayer meetings, complain about extended and emotional worship, never miss a meal for God, are unaffected by the depravity around them, and are too mature to go to the altar, are these people truly filled with God’s Spirit? Granted, there are seasons when we aren’t involved in a lot of things, but excuses should not hide our lack of hunger for God. Do we really believe Jesus would tell us to sit down and be quiet during worship? Would He want us standing like dead men in a cemetery? Not a chance! Our hearts should be deeply engaged. Jesus may rebuke silly trends and sappy worship songs with no theological bearing, but would He handcuff our emotions? Read More READ ARTICLE MORE FROM SHANE   Why Revival is America’s Only Hope! The results are in: America’s stage four cancer has metastasized to the family and the church as well as to the government and the schools. We are more depraved than ever before. Animals are guarded but innocent children are slaughtered. Read Article   America Has Stage 4 Cancer But There Is Hope Today, most pastors want to be popular and most Christians want their ears tickled. The cure will require a complete diet change back to whole life-giving food from the Word of God. LISTEN NOW   About Pastor Shane Shane Idleman is the founder and lead pastor of Westside Christian Fellowship, in Lancaster, Ca. and now Leona Valley, Ca. He also began the Westside Christian Radio Network – WCFRadio.org – in 2019. His sermons, books, articles, and radio program have sparked change in the lives of many. For more, visit WCFAV.org. Today, as we continually drift away in a current of moral decline and relativism, many believe that the battle is too advanced and that we cannot make a difference. LEARN MORE FOLLOW SHANE IDLEMAN This email is sent on behalf of our sponsor